Chapter 148 A woman's scheming (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  Yung Kee Restaurant!

  The four masters of the Xu family sat neatly with Chu Huan.

   "Ajie has already told me about Huan Shao's kindness. I am very grateful for Huan Shao's appreciation!"

  Xu Guanwen, as the protagonist of this incident, is also the eldest brother of the four masters of the Xu family. After they met Chu Huan, Xu Guanwen spoke first.

"Actually, for the appreciation of Huan Shao, and it is the work of director Li Hanxiang, I shouldn't say anything, just sign the contract directly, but every family has different problems. As the boss of the Xu family, I have to Think about it for the family, so there are some things I still want to ask clearly, I hope Young Master Huan doesn't mind!"

When he came, Xu Guanwen had already thought about it. It's not that he didn't want to join the black and white film, but the burden of the whole family was on him alone. .

But Chu Huan's sincerity still moved Xu Guanwen very much. He was only a little transparent in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, or an older and young transparent. Chu Huan was able to personally invite him, and he was going to sign his second and third brothers. Appreciation, it would be impossible to say that Xu Guanwen was not moved.

  So at this time, Xu Guanwen chose to openly and honestly explain his affairs to Chu Huan. Only in this way can he feel that he has the greatest respect for Chu Huan.

  Although Xu Guanwen did not agree to his invitation immediately, Chu Huan was very satisfied with Xu Guanwen's attitude, so he preached.

   "That's natural. If there is anything Mr. Xu doesn't understand, just ask."

  Xu Guanwen said: "The first thing is to ask Huan Shao, how much is my salary?"

It's a very straightforward question, but the more it is like this, the more satisfied Chu Huan and Xu Guanwen's communication is. This is an open and honest way of negotiating. Can break up peacefully.

"Although I admire Mr. Xu very much, there are rules in the film industry. Now Mr. Xu is just a newcomer in the film industry. Naturally, the salary will not be too high, but our black and white images really want to develop in the film industry for a long time. Therefore, we will definitely not be too harsh on the artists under our banner, so the remuneration for new actors is 4,000 Hong Kong dollars per film. If the box office sells well, the level of actors in the company will increase accordingly, and the remuneration will naturally follow. improve."

  The salary is 1,000 Hong Kong dollars higher than that of Shaw Brothers' newcomers, and there is a clear promotion strategy, which saves future troubles.

   "Shao Huan's remuneration is fair. I hope that Shao Huan doesn't mind the second thing."

  Xu Guanwen once again asked Chu Huan not to mind, obviously what he said this time was what Xu Guanwen was most concerned about.

   "Please speak!" Chu Huan made a gesture of please.

Xu Guanwen said: "As far as I know, although Huan Shao's black and white film now has its own theater chain, in fact, the relationship with Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers is not very good, that is to say, the black and white film does not have its own filming studio. Could this be a hidden danger to black-and-white images?"

  Chu Huan laughed, and said: "This is not a problem. I have signed a contract with Mr. Shao before, and I have the right to rent Shaw's studio for five years, so Mr. Xu's worries are unnecessary!"

Xu Guanwen's eyes suddenly brightened. The second thing was what he was most worried about. After all, if he signed a black and white video contract, he would definitely not be able to continue to be his host on TVB. It's all on the body of the black and white shadow line.

  In Xu Guanwen's mind, the biggest weakness of black-and-white images is that they don't have their own studio. Now Chu Huan is actually able to sign a five-year lease contract with Shaw Brothers.

   Then black and white images are fine for at least five years.

  As for what happened five years later, Xu Guanwen couldn't think so much anymore.

   "Young Master Huan, thank you for clarifying my doubts. If there is anything about Xu Guanwen that dissatisfies Young Master Huan, you can bring it up at any time!"

   After finishing speaking, Xu Guanwen picked up his wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

  Chu Huan likes Xu Guanwen's character very much. He puts everything on the surface without hiding anything. This is much better than those hypocrites.

   "Mr. Xu is polite. After all, this is a contract. Mr. Xu asked clearly to save some troubles in the future. I should be happy."

   After finishing speaking, Chu Huan also picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

  The entire negotiation process did not last too long, and the rest of the time was for everyone to chat about the details of the contract and the content of the movie.

   The contract period, Xu Guanwen is the same as Tian Ni, it is also eight years!

   Of course, so did his three brothers.

  The three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanying, and Xu Guanjie didn't have any objections. On the contrary, Xu Guanwu, who had been silent all this time, spoke at this time.

   "Young Master Huan, I've been studying in the Nanguo Experimental Theater Troupe for a while, and I've also gone to the set to play tricks. There is something I want to tell Young Master Huan."

  Chu Huan nodded and said, "Say it."

"It's like this. After playing tricks, I realized that I don't have much talent for being an actor, and I don't like acting in front of the camera very much. On the contrary, I like photography and directing more. If possible, I hope Change my own artist contract to an employee contract."

  Xu Guanwu expressed his thoughts.

   "Second Brother!"

  Xu Guanjie looked at Xu Guanwu in confusion, Xu Guanying's eyes showed doubts, but Xu Guanwen glanced at his younger brother, showing a complex but gratified expression.

  He understands his brother very well, no matter what Xu Guanwu said is true or not, but one thing is certain, that is, as an actor, no one can guarantee who will be popular, and he is the same.

  If I hadn’t become popular in Li Hanxiang’s movies, then my salary would be the same, and if I wasn’t popular, the number of movies would certainly not be too many.

   During the chat just now, Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanwu also heard what Chu Huan said. The salary of the newcomer is 4,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is still the salary of the leading role and the main supporting role.

  Now the volume of black and white images is still very small, it is impossible to shoot 40 or 50 films a year like Shaw Brothers, and now Chu Huan is mainly promoting Xu Guanwen.

  Even Xu Guanjie has to wait, so Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying still have to wait for their chance.

   For such a situation, the two brothers Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying also understood.

  Xu Guanying still wanted to be an actor, so Xu Guanwu had his own ideas.

  Since being an actor is unstable, it is better to be an employee and get paid, which is more stable.

  Xu Guanwu is making a sacrifice for his family.

  Chu Huan originally wanted Xu Guanwu to be behind the scenes, but just now Chu Huan didn't quite understand Xu Guanwu's thoughts, so he didn't ask. Now that Xu Guanwu took the initiative to talk about this matter, he naturally agreed.

After finalizing this matter, the two parties had no other differences and had a very pleasant chat, but when Xu Guanwen heard that his character needed to shave his head, he unconsciously touched his thick hair, looking like A little embarrassing.

  The other three brothers from the Xu family smiled secretly.

  Finally, the two parties agreed to go to the company to sign the contract tomorrow, thus ending today's dinner.

  The next day!

  Chu Huan drove to the black and white image, frowned slightly, and said, "Something is not right!"

  Qin Peng, who was in charge of driving, asked curiously: "Brother Huan, didn't the Xu brothers promise you yesterday? What's wrong?"

  Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about the Xu brothers."

   Ma Jizu, who was sitting in the co-pilot, suddenly said, "Brother Huan, are you talking about Xinyi'an?"

  Chu Huan knew that Ma Jizu had always thought carefully, but he didn't expect that the other party would even think of this, so he nodded: "That's right, it's really about Xinyi'an."

  Qin Peng said indifferently: "What can happen to Xinyi'an, isn't Lin Jiang already settled at that time?"

Ma Jizu explained: "That's not the case. Brother Huan's behavior that night is to deal with Lin Jiang, but anyway, Lin Jiang represents Xin Yi'an, and Brother Huan's behavior that night can be regarded as hitting Xin Yi'an." face, but it has been two or three days now, and there is no movement at Xin Ngee’an, which is a bit unreasonable.”

  Qin Peng shook his head and said: "What's unreasonable about this? People from those clubs can't afford to offend Brother Huan, so why don't they take the initiative to get Brother Huan to slap him in the face?"

Ma Jizu glanced at Qin Peng angrily, and said, "What do you know, the most important thing in the society is face, even if they don't have the guts to compete with Brother Huan, the leader of Xinyi'an should show up to meet Brother Huan On the one hand, let's talk about what happened that night, but now the other party has not taken any action, so Brother Huan said it was abnormal."

  Qin Peng looked at Chu Huan through the rearview mirror and asked, "Is that so, Brother Huan?"

  Brother Huan nodded, and said to Ma Jizu gratifiedly: "Azu, you think clearly enough?"

   Ma Jizu showed an embarrassed smile and said, "I was just thinking about it too."

   "Then what is Xinyi'an thinking?" Qin Peng couldn't help asking.

  Chu Huan and Ma Jizu shut their mouths at the same time. If they knew what Xin Yi'an was thinking, they wouldn't have such thoughts.

  The three came to the black and white image, and Chu Huan saw the four Xu brothers who had already arrived in the lobby.

  Black-and-white imaging was first started, and the current scale is not very large. Except for the lobby where the clerks work, there is a general manager's office, two meeting rooms, a grocery room, and a bathroom, there is no place.

  However, in order to prepare for the company's future development, there are still several offices that are being renovated.

  As for the work on the theater side, they work together with the black and white image staff in the lobby.

  This scale will definitely continue to expand in the future.

   "Xu Yi, is Director Li here?"

  Xu Yi, black and white image newly recruited general manager secretary, Chu Huan recruited, but now Fang Jianhui is the general manager of the company, so Xu Yi is now serving Fang Jianhui.

   "Not yet, but I called and came out at home!" Xu Yi was dressed in a light-colored business attire, but his brows were still a little green.

   Just turned 19!

   "Mr. Fang has gone to Jiamei Cinema. It is currently being renovated there. Mr. Fang is going to see how the progress is going?"

  Xu Yi introduced Fang Jianhui to Chu Huan again.

  Chu Huan nodded, and personally brought the four Xu brothers to the conference room, which is usually used for crew meetings.

  Xu Yi brought coffee for the four Xu brothers, and a cup of Coke for Chu Huan. As for coffee, Chu Huan usually didn't drink it except when meeting guests outside.

   "Xu Yi, print out four copies of the company's artist contract."

  Chu Huan ordered Xu Yidao.

"OK!"

  After Xu Yi went out, Chu Huan said to Xu Guanjie again: "Sam, is there any problem with your record company?"

  Xu Guanjie said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I've already made an agreement with Brother Li, I just signed a record contract with the record company, and I'm going to be an actor in the black and white video, no problem."

Chu Huan nodded, and said, "You already have some fame in Xiangjiang, so your development plan is different from that of Ah Ying. Ah Ying will appear as a supporting role in the movies invested by the company, so let's accumulate some Fame and acting skills, when there is a suitable movie, the company will naturally praise him.

   But you have a different development path here, and the last time is also the movie of the second male lead, so you have to wait first! "

  Xu Guanjie said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I'm preparing for a new album recently, and when you have a suitable script, A Huan, I can act again."

   "Aying, don't be discouraged. The Xiangjiang film industry is very tolerant now, and your image is also very suitable for certain roles. First accumulate some acting skills, and there will definitely be a time when you will shine in the future."

"Ah Wu, when the filming of "The Great Warlord" starts, you will learn photography from Director Li. In the future, if you have the ability to write a good script, the company will also invest in you. taking pictures."

  Chu Huan had already thought about the development path of the four Xu brothers.

As for Xu Guanying, Xu Guanjie will not wait too long here. Xu Guanwen is a very talented person, an all-rounder who is an editor and director. When he is familiar with the filming process of the film, he will soon write his own script .

  And Xu Guanwen's early films were mostly performed by the three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanying, and Xu Guanwu in front of the stage, and Xu Guanwu took the camera behind the scenes.

   At that time, it will be the time for the four Xu brothers to officially exert their strength.

  After the four Xu brothers signed the artist contract, Li Hanxiang also rushed to the company.

  Knowing that Chu Huan has secured Xu Guanwen, he immediately said that he would hold the first meeting of the crew.

  Chu Huan naturally has no objection to this. The sooner the movie starts shooting, the sooner it will be released, and the sooner he can see money back.

  Li Hanxiang's work efficiency is very fast. After finishing speaking in the morning, he held the first general meeting of "The Great Warlord" in the company in the afternoon.

  There are not only the main actors in the movie, but also the staff behind the scenes. Most of the behind-the-scenes staff are Li Hanxiang's old generals.

   In just three days, the preparations for "The Great Warlord" were all completed. Li Hanxiang led all the crew members to hold the opening ceremony at the Qingshuiwan studio.

  The opening ceremony of "The Great Warlord" is much more formal than the opening ceremony of "Dragon and Tiger".

  The main reason is that there are too many reporters.

   This is entirely due to Li Hanxiang's status in the Xiangjiang film industry.

  However, to Chu Huan's surprise, not only many reporters came to the scene, but also an insider.

   Not only an insider, but also the famous director Hu Jinquan!

   "Young Master Huan, let me introduce you, this is my best brother Hu Jinquan!"

  Hu Jinquan's debut is different from the other three famous directors. At the earliest time, Hu Jinquan was not a director, but an actor.

  Hu Jinquan is from the capital, and Li Hanxiang has the experience of studying in the capital.

  After the two met in Xiangjiang, they hit it off and became brothers of the opposite **** with five other people, known as the "Seven Great Leisures".

Hu Jinquan also entered the entertainment circle under the introduction of Li Hanxiang. He first played a role in the movie "The Man Who Takes a Slap", and then joined Shaw Brothers under the introduction of Li Hanxiang, and successively participated in "Golden Phoenix", "Three Sisters" ", "Jiangshan Beauty" and more than 20 films.

   In 1962, Hu Jinquan ended his career as an artist and moved behind the scenes, but he still started in a movie directed by Li Hanxiang.

  First he served as an assistant director in "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" directed by Li Hanxiang, and then took over Li Hanxiang's filming of "Yutangchun".

  In 1964, Hu Jinquan finally directed and acted in his first film "Children of the Earth".

  But Hu Jinquan has the common fault of all literary and artistic film directors, which caused the film "Children of the Earth" to seriously overspend, which made the always stingy Shao Yifu very dissatisfied.

Moreover, due to the subject matter of this movie, many plots were deleted and changed. Fortunately, when it was released in Taiwan, it still achieved a good reputation and box office, and even won the Best Screenplay Award at the 4th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards. Best Editing Award, Best Promotion of National Spirit Award.

  The Drunk Man filmed by Hu Jinquan in the same year is Li Hanxiang's second film after "Children of the Earth".

  Later in Xiangjiang, there was another actor who had a similar experience to Hu Jinquan, that is, Er Xiaobao, first an actor of Shaw Brothers, and then a well-known director.

   But Er Xiaobao is a bit strong, and rarely loses money!

  Speaking back to Hu Jinquan, although this person has achieved success in Shaw Brothers, he still made Shao Yifu very dissatisfied with the fact that his filming exceeded the budget.

  So when Hu Jinquan was in Shaw Brothers, he did not get the same treatment as Zhang Cheh.

  The success of two films in succession brought Hu Jinquan into the vision of Taiwan Island Film Company.

  Taiwan United Film Company had the intention of soliciting Hu Jinquan, and Hu Jinquan felt that he was not valued in Shaw Brothers, so he resolutely switched to Taiwan Island Federation Film Company.

   And filmed the classic martial arts movie "Dragon Inn" for this company!

  After the movie was released, it directly became the top ten grossing Mandarin movies in Taipei, and at the same time broke the record for the highest grossing Chinese and foreign movies since the opening of Xiangjiang.

  Originally, for this movie, Taiwan Federation Films and Hu Jinquan signed a sharing contract, but because Hu Jinquan's contract with Shaw Brothers was not full before he left Shaw Brothers, he still owed Shaw Brothers six film contracts.

  So Yifu Shao used this as an excuse, coupled with his relationship in Taiwan, he cheaply took away the Nanyang copyright of "Dragon Inn".

  Landmark Pictures naturally didn't have much money to give Hu Jinquan, and Hu Jinquan is a literati, so he was embarrassed to ask, but he just kept it in his heart, and as a result, there was a gap between the two parties.

   In addition, when Hu Jinquan was filming the movie "Heroes", he seriously overspend. In the 1960s, the cost of Hu Jinquan's filming of "Heroes" was 14 million Taiwan dollars!

   After the film was released, although it was divided into two episodes, the box office was not satisfactory. Hu Jinquan and Lianhe Films had a complete falling out.

   Then Hu Jinquan returned to Xiangjiang, and is now helping Golden Harvest to film a movie.

For such a director who dares to take investors' money and risk his life to satisfy his own ideas, Chu Huan has no idea at all, at least not now, unless in the future, when black and white images become bigger and need to be forced, Chu Huan Only then is it possible to spend some money to improve the style of your own film company.

   "Director Hu's name is very famous, and "The Drunk Man" and "Dragon Inn" are movies I often watch."

  Although he never thought of bringing Hu Jinquan under his command, Chu Huan still gave the leader the respect he deserved.

  Hu Jinquan said with a wry smile: "What kind of director, he is just a lost dog now!"

  The defeat in Taiwan made Hu Jinquan a little disheartened.

After Li Hanxiang's defeat on Taiwan Island, he was able to quickly identify Xiangjiang's film market to make a comeback, but Hu Jinquan did not have this kind of pride. After helping Golden Harvest to shoot two movies, although Hu Jinquan established his own film company, he has rarely seen it since then. Now that I have directed a work, I mostly use my influence in the European film world to do distribution work.

   "What a big deal, isn't it a loss of a movie? When you make another big-selling movie, everything will come back!"

  Li Hanxiang comforted Hu Jinquan, saying that he already knew what Hu Jinquan was thinking. He called Hu Jinquan this time because he wanted to show him his preparations so that he could regain his confidence!

  Hu Jinquan waved his hand and said: "This is not how movies are made. Of course I know which movies sell money, but that is not the movie in my mind."

   It is enough to have this sentence, and Chu Huan once again confirmed his idea that he must never sign Hu Jinquan.

  So he chatted with Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinquan for a few words, then Chu Huan excused himself to have other business and left. He always felt that the way Li Hanxiang looked at him was a bit wrong.

  If the time comes, Li Hanxiang opens his mouth to hope that Black and White Image will sign Hu Jinquan, and he will have to find a reason to reject him, which will hurt his feelings!

   "Young Master Huan, why are you leaving so soon?"

   Not long after Chu Huan walked out, Tian Ni ran over with a flamboyant expression.

   "The next step is the filming. It's useless for me, a layman, to stay here. It's better to leave it to you professionals!"

   Facing this extremely high-ranking woman, Chu Huan still had to take it seriously.

  Tianni laughed coquettishly: "What kind of professional, you just make movies, but you are so handsome, it's a pity not to make movies."

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "I think it's pretty good. After all, if I become famous, I have to face so many movie fans. I won't reject people, and I will be in trouble."

   "It turns out that Young Master Huan won't refuse people! Then give me a raise in salary?" Tian Ni leaned forward slightly with her hands behind her hands and approached Chu Huan, speaking with winking eyes like silk.

   "There is a contract for this, so what I say doesn't count!" Chu Huan spread his hands, expressing that he was helpless.

"Besides, you also said that you won't refuse people. Is it a success not to refuse?" Tian Ni gave Chu Huan a flirtatious look, then suddenly embraced Chu Huan's arms with both hands, and then faced the front with a 100% smile. career smiley.

   Click!

  It was only then that Chu Huan noticed that in front of him, Gu Chengxi took a photo of himself and Tian Ni with a camera.

   "Thank you, Young Master Huan!"

  Gu Chengxi took the camera and smiled proudly at Chu Huan.

  Looking at Gu Chengxi, Chu Huan sighed and said, "You have really changed careers to be a paparazzi!"

  The smug smile on Gu Chengxi's face froze immediately, but he still said bluntly: "Young Master Huan, do you have time for an exclusive interview?"

  Chu Huan waved his hand and said, "No!"

   "I'll do an exclusive interview with you sooner or later!" After speaking, Gu Chengxi turned and left.

  Chu Huan looked at Tian Ni next to him with a calm expression, "Your behavior has crossed the line just now, this is very bad!"

  Chu Huan doesn't mind playing hard-to-get tricks with a girl like Tian Ni, but now the other party obviously wants to use himself to increase her popularity, and wants Chu Huan to be a stepping stone, so Chu Huan has to express something.

   "You don't want to participate in Director Li's next movie!"

  After speaking, Chu Huan shook off Tian Ni's hands and left the set.

  Tianni stood there in a daze, with regret in her eyes. When she was at the gate of the peninsula, she knew that Chu Huan was a high-ranking opponent, so she did what she did just now.

  But the calmness shown by Chu Huan now made Tian Ni a little worried.

   Just when Tian Ni was thinking about what to do next, the sound of the scene record came from a distance, and the film was ready to start shooting.

  Tianni hurriedly restrained her mind, and walked a few steps quickly.

  She didn't doubt Chu Huan's words, Li Hanxiang's next movie should be without her. What she can do now is to make this movie well and increase her popularity in Xiangjiang, so that she can get more film appointments.

  Because of Tian Ni's impulsive action, Chu Huan is going to do the aftermath of this photo at this time.

  So after coming out of the set, Chu Huan went directly to the University of Hong Kong and met Cao Yunshang.

   "Didn't you say you're going to attend the opening ceremony of Director Li's new movie today?"

  Seeing Chu Huan approaching, Cao Yunshang asked a little puzzled.

Chu Huan said with a smile: "I can't help it, there are too many Yingying Yanyans on the set, and I am a well-known young talent in Xiangjiang. If I stay there, I think Xiangjiang's newspapers will publish too many photos tomorrow." gone."

   "Did someone take a sneak shot?" Cao Yunshang didn't realize Chu Huan's real purpose, but preached proudly.

  Chu Huan nodded and said: "Yes, when I was chatting with Tian Ni, I was photographed by the reporter."

   "Hehe, you deserve it!" Cao Yunshang smiled triumphantly.

  Chu Huan gave a wry smile!

   Not today, thank you everyone~

  

  

  (end of this chapter)